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60 titles banned · Iowa

Banned Books

A Court of Frost and Starlight A Court of Frost and Starlight A Court of Mist and Fury A Court of Mist and Fury A Court of Silver Flames A Court of Silver Flames A Court of Thorns and Roses A Court of Thorns and Roses A Court of Wings and Ruin A Court of Wings and Ruin A Separate Peace A Separate Peace All Boys Aren't Blue All Boys Aren't Blue Beloved Beloved Beyond Magenta Beyond Magenta Brave Face Brave Face Breathless Breathless Crank Crank Damsel Damsel Doing It!: Let's Talk About Sex Doing It!: Let's Talk About Sex Empire of Storms Empire of Storms Flamer Flamer Gender Queer: A Memoir Gender Queer: A Memoir Homegoing Homegoing Icebreaker Icebreaker Identical Identical It It It Ends with Us It Ends with Us Kids Helping Kids Break the Silence of Sexual Abuse Kids Helping Kids Break the Silence of Sexual Abuse Last Night at the Telegraph Club Last Night at the Telegraph Club Lawn Boy Lawn Boy Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska Lucky Lucky Monday's Not Coming Monday's Not Coming Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes Out of Darkness Out of Darkness Perfect Perfect Red, White & Royal Blue Red, White & Royal Blue Sold Sold The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye The Color Purple The Color Purple The Female of the Species The Female of the Species The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel) The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel) The Haters The Haters The Infinite Moment of Us The Infinite Moment of Us The Kite Runner The Kite Runner The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Sun and Her Flowers The Sun and Her Flowers Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why Tower of Dawn Tower of Dawn Traffick Traffick Tricks Tricks Water for Elephants Water for Elephants

About Waterloo Community School District

Waterloo Community School District is a public school system serving the city of Waterloo in Black Hawk County, Iowa. As one of the larger districts in northeastern Iowa, it operates a range of elementary, middle, and high schools serving a diverse student population.

Books in Schools

This page tracks 60 distinct titles that have been banned or challenged in Waterloo Community School District. That figure places the district among the more heavily affected in Iowa, though it remains well below the totals recorded in the state's largest districts. As in many Iowa districts, the removals coincide with the implementation of Senate File 496, a 2023 state law that restricted certain library materials in schools and prompted widespread review of school library collections statewide. Coverage of how the law has been applied locally in Waterloo has not yet been independently verified; this page will be updated as reporting becomes available.